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Lobostemon curvifolius
Largeflower healthbush is a resprouting shrub from the fynbos of South Africa's Western Cape, growing 30 to 60 cm tall with silvery leaves and violet-blue or pink bell-shaped flowers from August to November. It is a species, not a genus, and is rarely cultivated, so care advice is based on its fynbos habitat.
Lobostemon curvifolius, the largeflower healthbush, is a species of the forget-me-not family from South Africa.
This species is restricted to the fynbos region of the Western Cape of South Africa. It is found from Caledon and Stanford in the Overberg region to Cape Infanta. It does not appear to be restricted to certain soil types and has been found on sandstone, limestone and sandy flats. It has been found in a variety of fynbos habitats, including Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos near Houw Hoek, Overberg Sandstone Fynbos between Caledon to Agulhas, Sand Fynbos near Bredasdorp, and De Hoop Limestone Fynbos and Potberg Sandstone Fynbos to the east.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lobostemon curvifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
